XYZ is a new organization that uses agile methodology.

The organization is looking for an easy way to share

business analysis information. The stakeholders decide on
a whiteboard. Is this a viable solution?

a. Yes;
stakeholders
involved in
the project
are in the
best position
to
determine
how to
share
business
analysis
information.

b. No; the Incorrect The BABOK

information states that
shared on information
whiteboards managemen
can be too t tools may
easily be as simple
altered or as a
erased and whiteboard
so is too or complex
risky. as in a
global wiki.
BABOK 3.4.5

c. No;
information
managemen
t tools must
enable the
reuse of
business
analysis
information.
d. Yes; a Correct According to
whiteboard the BABOK,
is a viable each
information organization
managemen uses some
t tool. tools to
store,
retrieve,
and share
business
analysis
information.
These
information
managemen
t tools may
be as simple
as a
whiteboard
or complex
as in a
global wiki.
BABOK 3.4.5

Stakeholders' attitudes can positively or negatively

impact a change. It is therefore very important for the
business analyst to develop and document a plan on how
to effectively engage with each key stakeholder group.
Which of the following work products would help
document the plans?

a. Power/inter
est grid

b. Online
communities
and wikis

c. Stakeholder
communicat
 ions plan

d. Stakeholder Correct As factors

collaboratio change
n plan during the
life cycle of
the
initiative,
the plan can
be revisited
and
modified as
appropriate
to ensure
the ongoing
engagement
of
stakeholders
. BABOK
3.2.4.2

Stakeholder management includes the process required

to identify the people, groups, or organizations that
could impact or be impacted by the initiative. Which set
of stakeholders accurately represents those that would
be involved in the business analysis planning and
monitoring knowledge area?

a. Domain Correct This list

subject correctly
matter lists all
expert, stakeholders
project identified in
manager, all tasks in
regulator, BAPM
sponsor, knowledge
customer, area. BABOK
end user, 3.1.7, 3.2.7,
supplier. 3.3.7, 3.4.7,
3.5.7
b. Project
manager,
regulator,
sponsor,
customer,
end user,
supplier,
domain
subject
matter
expert,
operational
support.

c. Domain Incorrect Tester is not

subject one of the
matter listed
expert, stakeholders
tester, in this
project knowledge
manager, area. BABOK
regulator, 3.1.7, 3.2.7,
sponsor, 3.3.7, 3.4.7,
customer, 3.5.7
end user,
supplier.
d. Domain subject matter expert, project
manager, supplier, regulator, sponsor,
customer, end user, implementation
subject matter expert.

What are the input(s) to the plan business analysis

governance task?

a. Needs and
business
analysis
approach

b. Needs
c. Business Correct These are
analysis the two
approach stated
and inputs for
stakeholder the plan
engagement business
approach analysis
governance
task. BABOK
3.3.3
d. Business analysis approach and
performance objectives (external)

Incorrect Answer
Question 5 of 25

Guidelines and tools included in the plan business

analysis governance task include which of the following?

a. Business Correct These are

analysis the
performance guidelines
assessment, and tools
business used in the
policies, plan
current business
state analysis
description, governance
legal/regula task. BABOK
tory 3.3.5
information.

b. Business Incorrect Change

analysis strategy is
performance not a stated
assessment, element in
business the BABOK.
policies, BABOK 3.3.5
change
strategy,
current
 state
description,
legal/regula
tory
information.

c. Business
analysis
performance
assessment,
change
strategy,
current
state
description,
legal/regula
tory
information.
d. Business analysis performance
assessment, business policies, current
state description.

Question 6 of 25 Incorrect Answer

As a business analyst, the types of activities that you will

perform are documented in the business analysis
approach. The prescribed activities may be influenced by
which one of the following?

a. Techniques Incorrect Activities

used may
influence
techniques
to be used
but
techniques
do not
influence
activities.
 BABOK
3.1.4.3

b. Organization Correct The BABOK

's states that
methodologi the
es organization'
s adopted
methodologi
es
frequently
influence
the business
analysis
activities
that are
selected.
BABOK
3.1.4.3

c. Business
analyst
knowledge
d. Stakeholders
Question 7 of 25 Correct Answer

You are the lead business analyst working on an initiative

to construct a chemical plant. You have identified,
analyzed, and evaluated over 20 risks regarding the
proposed solution. The sponsor has reiterated that the
risk of an incorrect implementation is unacceptably high
for this initiative. What approach would best serve the
initiative?

a. Predictive Correct Predictive

approach approaches
focus on
minimizing
upfront
 uncertainty.
BABOK 3.1.4
and Figure
3.1.2

b. Detailed
planning
approach

c. Plan-driven
approach
d. Adaptive approach
Question 8 of 25 Incorrect Answer

When conducting a thorough stakeholder analysis, the

following resources may be required to be successful.
Which of the following is least likely resource to be used?

a. Change Incorrect This is one

strategy of the
stated
guidelines
for the plan
stakeholder
engagement
task. BABOK
3.2.5

b. Business Correct This is not

policies one of the
stated
guidelines
for the plan
stakeholder
engagement
task. The
rest are
stated
guidelines/t
ools. BABOK
 3.2.5

c. Current
state
description
d. Business analysis performance
assessment
Question 9 of 25 Incorrect Answer

When identifying business analysis performance

improvements, the business analysis process and
deliverables are compared against a set of defined
measures. Which statement is accurate about these
measures?

a. Performance Correct It is an
measures organization
may be al
determined preference
from the as to who
point of has the
view of the authority to
stakeholders set the BA
who are performance
recipients of targets.
the business BABOK
analysis 3.5.4.3
work.

b. The center
of
excellence,
not the
personnel
manager,
makes and
determines
these
measures.
c. Only
stakeholders
listed in the
BA plan may
have input
in assessing
the value of
the business
analysis
work.

d. These Incorrect Even where

measures the standard
are defined measures
by exist, they
organization need to be
al standards tailored to
and the needs of
therefore a specific
they are initiative.
already in BABOK
existence 3.5.4.3
and should
not be
altered.
Question 10 of 25 Incorrect Answer

Which of the following statements is accurate about the

plan business analysis information management task?

a. The purpose Incorrect This is the

of this task purpose of
is to ensure the maintain
that requirement
requirement s task, not
s are the plan
accurate business
and current analysis
throughout information
the life managemen
 cycle and t task.
facilitate BABOK 5.2.1
reuse where
appropriate.

b. Requiremen Correct Examples of

ts that are these
potential include
candidates regulatory
for long- requirement
term use are s, quality
those an standards,
organization service level
must meet agreements
on an and
ongoing contractual
basis. obligations.
BABOK
3.4.4.4

c. Information
managemen
t entails
identifying
characteristi
cs about the
information
that must be
reused.
d. The tool that is chosen to manage
information only needs to store the
requirements and designs.
Question 11 of 25 Correct Answer

What would the BA typically do first while conducting the

identify business analysis performance improvements
task?

a. Determine
assessment
 measures.

b. Conduct
interviews
and
workshops
to
determine
stakeholder
requirement
s.

c. Define what Correct This is the

constitutes first
effective element
business within the
analysis task.
work. Consult
organization
al
performance
standards if
available to
understand
expectations
for BA work
the
organization
may have
already
defined.
BABOK
3.5.4.1 and
3.5.5
d. Identify corrective and/or preventive
actions to improve BA performance.
Question 12 of 25 Correct Answer

Piper is the business analyst for an initiative. The

organization is undergoing restructuring and introducing
 changes to the existing business analysis approach. She
has been asked to assess each proposed change. The
results of her assessment must support the decision-
making and change control approaches defined by which
of the following tasks?

a. Assess
requirement
s changes

b. Approve
changes

c. Business
analysis
performance
assessment

d. Plan Correct A
business governance
analysis process
governance identifies
the decision
makers,
process, and
information
required for
making
decisions.
BABOK 3.3.2
Question 13 of 25 Correct Answer

Which type of models can be used to define and

document the business analysis approach?

a. Scope

b. Data

c. Process Correct Process

 models can
be used to
define and
document
the business
analysis
approach.
BABOK 3.1.6
and 10.35
d. Object
Question 14 of 25 Correct Answer

Assessing stakeholder attitudes about the project is

important. Which of the following best describes the
factors to consider?

a. Attitude Correct Not an all

toward the inclusive list
business but all
goals, stakeholder
objective of attitudes in
the this
initiative, response are
business specifically
analysis in stated along
general, with their
project attitude
sponsor and toward any
other proposed
stakeholders solution and
team-based
collaboratio
n. BABOK
3.2.4

b. Attitude
toward
business
analysis,
 project
methodolog
y, the
sponsor, and
project
manager

c. Attitude
toward the
objective of
the
initiative,
their job,
and the
organization
d. Attitude towards collaboration,
teamwork, and other stakeholders, and
their job
Question 15 of 25 Correct Answer

Akira is closely managing particular stakeholders who can

impose their own requirements for how business analysis
information should be managed during the governance
process. Which stakeholders are they?

a. Sponsors Correct Sponsors

have the
authority to
impose their
own
requirement
s. BABOK
3.3.7

b. Regulators

c. Domain
subject
matter
experts
d. Project managers
Question 16 of 25 Correct Answer

Guidelines and tools included in the plan stakeholder

engagement task include which of the following?

a. Business
analysis
performance
assessment,
expert
judgement,
methodologi
es and
frameworks

b. Business Correct These are

analysis the three
performance stated
assessment, guidelines
change and tools for
strategy, the plan
current stakeholder
state engagement
description task. BABOK
3.2.5

c. Business
analysis
performance
assessment,
change
strategy,
stakeholder
engagement
approach
d. Business analysis performance
assessment, business policies, current
state description
Question 17 of 25 Correct Answer
 You have been hired as the senior business analyst on a
project that will span three years. You discover that
solution definitions have been defined and tasks are
performed in specific phases. What approach is the
project using?

a. Extreme
programmin
g

b. Scrum

c. Agile

d. Waterfall Correct Waterfall is

a predictive
approach
where tasks
are
performed
in specific
phases.
Even though
Waterfall is
not in the
BABOK, this
is the best
answer
given the
choices. In
some cases,
you will
have to
apply a
process of
elimination
to arrive at
the best
answer.
Figure 3.1.2
Question 18 of 25 Correct Answer

Planning stakeholder engagement, in normal

circumstances, is a task carried out by the business
analyst. This task may be shared with which other
project team member?

a. Peers

b. Sponsor

c. Business
subject
matter
expert

d. Project Correct The PM and

manager BA most
likely share
identificatio
n and
managemen
t of
stakeholders
and so is the
likely
collaborator
for this task.
BABOK 3.2.7
Question 19 of 25 Correct Answer

Approval of requirements and designs may be formal or

informal. Which of the following tasks defines how
approval and prioritization decisions are made?

a. Plan
business
analysis
approach
b. Plan Correct Governance
business is
analysis responsible
governance for defining
how
decisions
are made
regarding all
facets of
requirement
s and
designs.
BABOK 3.3.2

c. Approve
requirement
s
d. Plan business analysis information
management
Question 20 of 25 Correct Answer

You are conducting a thorough stakeholder analysis to

analyze and understand their needs. Which of the
following factors would you consider?

a. Perform
stakeholder
analysis,
define
stakeholder
collaboratio
n, business
needs.

b. Perform Correct These are

stakeholder all stated
analysis, elements
define within the
stakeholder plan
collaboratio stakeholder
 n, engagement
stakeholder task. BABOK
communicat 3.2.4
ion needs.

c. Perform
stakeholder
analysis,
define
stakeholder
governance,
stakeholder
communicat
ion needs.
d. Perform stakeholder analysis, define
stakeholder collaboration, define
stakeholder authority level.
Question 21 of 25 Incorrect Answer

Whitney is a BA working to identify quantitative and

qualitative measures in order to identify performance
improvements related to her business analysis work.
Identifying quantitative measures was relatively easy;
qualitative measures are proving to be more difficult.
You are a senior BA assigned as Whitney's mentor; which
of the following measures do you suggest?

a. Accurate
estimates
related to
work
products

b. Frequency Incorrect This is a

of changes quantitative
to work measure as
products it can be
numerically
measured.
c. Delivery
dates of
work
products

d. Effectivenes Correct This

s of work qualitative
products measure
includes
asking
stakeholders
whether
Whitney's
work
products
were easy to
use as
standalone
deliverables
or whether
they
required
extensive
explanation
in order to
be
understood.
BABOK 3.5.4
Question 22 of 25 Incorrect Answer

Gil has been identified as a key stakeholder in a project.

His absence when determining the appropriate method to
conduct business analysis activities could be considered a
source of risk. The approach taken may also depend on
his availability. What type of stakeholder is Gil?

a. Tester

b. Sponsor Incorrect This is

partially
 true.
Although the
selected
approach
may depend
on a
sponsor's
availability
and
involvement
with the
initiative,
their
absence is
not
considered a
source of
risk. BABOK
3.1.7

c. Domain Correct Domain

subject SMEs are
matter considered
expert experts in
the area
undergoing
analysis so
their
involvement
in BA
planning
activities is
key. BABOK
3.1.7
d. Implementation subject matter expert
Question 23 of 25 Correct Answer

When should the timing of business analysis work be

identified?
a. After
resource
leveling to
ensure
required
resources
will be
available.

b. At the point
when
estimates
are needed
to realize
efficiencies
from just-in-
time
planning.

c. When Correct Timing is an

planning the element of
overall the plan
business business
analysis analysis
approach. approach.
BABOK
3.1.4.4
d. After the business analysis approach
document is approved and the
development of a detailed plan can
begin.
Question 24 of 25 Correct Answer

Vasavi has been contracted as the lead business analyst

on a new initiative. She wants to create an internal
stakeholder list. What would be a good starting point?

a. Governing
bodies that
may
 influence
the project

b. Project
managemen
t office

c. Existing Correct Business

business processes
processes and a
company's
organization
al chart are
cited as
initial
sources for
identifying
internal
stakeholders
. BABOK
3.2.4.1

d. Existing
vendor or
supplier
contracts
that may be
in place
Question 25 of 25 Incorrect Answer

Many planning methods fit somewhere along a continuum

between __________ and _________ approaches. Which
of the following best completes the statement above?

a. Predictive;
value-driven

b. Predictive; Correct The BABOK

adaptive now uses
these terms
to refer to
 "waterfall"
and "agile"
approaches.
BABOK
3.1.4.1

c. Event-
driven;
date-driven

d. Plan-driven; Incorrect The BABOK

change- no longer
driven uses this
terminology.